Isaiah 19:11
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
KJV
Stulti principes Taneos, sapientes consiliarii Pharaonis dederunt consilium insipiens. Quomodo dicetis Pharaoni : Filius sapientium ego, filius regum antiquorum ?
Vulgate
καὶ μωροὶ ἔσονται οἱ ἄρχοντες Τάνεως· οἱ σοφοὶ σύμβουλοι τοῦ βασιλέως, ἡ βουλὴ αὐτῶν μωρανθήσεται. πῶς ἐρεῖτε τῷ βασιλεῖ Υἱοὶ συνετῶν ἡμεῖς, υἱοὶ βασιλέων τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς;
LXX
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
ASV
אַךְ אֱוִלִים֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן חַכְמֵי֙ יֹעֲצֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה עֵצָ֖ה נִבְעָרָ֑ה אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל פַּרְעֹ֔ה בֶּן חֲכָמִ֥ים אֲנִ֖י בֶּן מַלְכֵי קֶֽדֶם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 1:19 — For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
- 1Cor 3:19 — For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
- 1Kgs 4:30 — And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- 1Kgs 4:30 — And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
- 2Sam 15:31 — And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- Acts 7:22 — And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
- Acts 7:22 — And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
- Deut 28:28 — The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
- Ezek 30:14 — And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No.
- Gen 41:38 — And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
- Isa 19:13 — The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
- Isa 29:14 — Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent
- Isa 30:4 — For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
- Isa 30:4 — For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
- Isa 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
- Jer 8:9 — The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
- Jer 46:17 — They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
- Num 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Num 13:22 — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Prov 11:14 — Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
- Ps 33:10 — The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Ps 78:12 — Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Ps 78:12 — Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
- Ps 78:43 — How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
- Ps 105:22 — To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.